The PEOPLE v. Hinkle

Mr. JUSTICE WILLIAM L. GUILD

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was sentenced in the circuit court of De Kalb County to a term of 1-5 years in the penitentiary after waiver of his right to counsel, indictment, trial. He entered a plea of guilty and applied for probation which was denied. On direct appeal from Ins conviction for theft, defendant claims error in failure of the trial court to advise him of his constitutional right to assistance of counsel at the time of sentencing.

In June of 1969, the defendant and his female companion went to a used car lot in De Kalb at night, broke a…